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Why Are AI Bills Still Rising Even Though Tokens Got 280x Cheaper?

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Here's a number that should make AI cheaper by now: the cost of running a model with GPT-3.5-level capability has fallen roughly 280-fold in two years, according to Stanford HAI's AI Index. A task that cost a dollar in late 2022 costs well under a cent today. And yet, enterprise AI spending isn't f…

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  1. 2026-10-13 22:25 · DEV Community — AI
    Why Are AI Bills Still Rising Even Though Tokens Got 280x Cheaper?

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